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March 2018 Monthly Update

April 9, 2018 May 1, 2018 By Harry J.E Day, Thomas Renneberg, Simon Ireland, Mark Yeo, Adithya Rajendran, Benjamin Koschnick, Harry Price, Joerick Aligno, Sajid Ibne Anower, Jonathan Wong

It's been another busy month at BLUEsat UNSW. This month's major achievements include our GreenSat team's success at the EngSoc pitch fair, and completion of the NUMBAT Mars Rover's...

Catching Up with GreenSat

Ben Koschnick accepting the prize for "Most Inovative" on stage at the UNSW Engineering Society Pitch Fair.

April 4, 2018 November 4, 2018 By Benjamin Koschnick

Recently, GreenSat was offered the opportunity to pitch our project at the project and pitch fair 2018, where we won Most Innovative pitch. This is just one of the...

What it’s like being a Biologist in an Engineering Entity

When you think of outer space, what would you relate it to? My guess is physics, astronomy and maybe black holes. What about subjects such as biology, ecology or...

Test firing a Hybrid Rocket

Following on from my previous blog post on Hybrid Rockets, I've been working on putting together a functional prototype. The core aim of my thesis is to evaluate the performance...

February 2018 Monthly Update

Newly constructed chassis of the NUMBAT Mars Rover.

Welcome to our February monthly update, its been another busy month at BLUEsat UNSW. As well as an amazing o-week, our teams have made massive progress across the board....

Life in our Solar System

The idea of intelligent alien life has been an exciting topic in the world of science fiction for a very long time. In reality, if there are any forms...

Remote Rope Burning

BLUEsat's High-Altitude Balloon is equipped with a remote separation mechanism. Its function is to detach the payload from the balloon when we want, which gives us better control of the...

January 2018 Monthly Update

A CAD rendering of the NUMBAT Mars Rover in "space"

Welcome to our monthly updates, we are going to trial one of these each month to keep you updated on what's going on at BLUEsat! January has certainly been...

Nitrogen: Nature’s Code, Harmless Bugs and Fixing Process

Whether it is a microscopically-small bacterium, a 90-metre-tall Redwood Tree, a 750-legged millipede or just a human, it is well known water and carbon compounds are critical molecules for...

Developing a data-logging sensor system using Raspberry Pi

One objective of the BLUEsat High-Altitude Ballooning Mission is to acquire data about flight dynamics and atmospheric characteristics. The payload includes an assortment of sensors connected to a Raspberry...

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